Throughout C.S Lewis' book Till we Have Faces, the main character Oural is very demanding. She is demanding of her sister Psyche when she begins to stray away from her. She is demanding of the Fox when he considers leaving her to go back to his homeland and his family. Whenever a character begins to do something that she does not approve of, she becomes demanding that they change their ways to suit her. In her complaint to the Gods, she criticizes them for not changing to make her understand better what they want. Her inability to let others change and let herself adapt lead to her ultimate downfall. Oural's attitude that the entire world must make itself easy for her to deal with is one part of her multiple selfish personality traits. She …show more content…
The fact that they have to wait 5 minutes at the McDonalds drive through is too much for them to handle, that they demand to be served immediately and when they are not, they drive away without their McChicken and large diet Coke. People demand that things be easy for them. They do not want to wait a long time or have to think too hard about anything for too long. As a result, our country is one of the most hated countries in the world. We are also very possessive, such as Oural is of Psyche, the Fox, Bardia, and basically everyone she loves. She wants them all to herself, just as we do not want to share our loved ones. It is simply a part of human nature, to be possessive to the point of mutual destruction. In conclusion, part of human nature is to demand knowledge. We demand to be able to easily understand things. We are also very possessive, to the point where it can destroy. This is shown in Till we Have Faces, by Oural demanding to be able to understand the Gods and by Oural destroying everyone she ever loved, such as Psyche, the Fox, Bardia, even her sister Redival. To be human is to ultimately destroy what one loves if it isn’t let go soon
“Now, at last, Virgil is allowed not to see, allowed to escape from the glaring, confusing world of sight and space, and to return to his own true being, the touch world that has been his home for almost 50 years.” (Sacks, “To See and Not See” (41)
...reate stories and go beyond nature. These stories themselves are often the motivation for what we determine to be evil upon examining an alternate story, but we do not have a choice about whether or not we tell stories at all. That is in our nature. Alternately, without our stories we would not experience good and beautiful.
It is impossible to understand the innermost and ever complex thoughts, feelings, hopes, and reflections of others. To understand is to grasp the strife and pleasure of each moment’s depth through a set lens. Confined by my own lens, I have been and will always be the main character of my own book. Though I can never know another human’s cognitive glances, I can at least be mindful of the infinite complexity and reasoning of each human. Even the most empathetic cannot understand exactly how Claude Monet felt for Camille, how Beethoven felt for “Elise”, or how
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.” Clive Staples Lewis, known as C.S. Lewis, was a popular Irish author, famous for his Christian works, especially “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Throughout his novels, Lewis enlightened his readers with his views about faith. Although his novels were revolved around Christianity, Lewis was not always a believer. There were many things that influenced Lewis as a writer, but the most significant were his love of fantasy, his fascination with mythology, and his Christian beliefs.
Her stubbornness shows in moments like refusing to let Prim take tessera, even when their family didn’t have enough food and not trusting Peeta at first because she thought he was only being nice to her to get inside of her.
Language and learning have a profound effect on human beings. Our identity is the core of which we are as individuals, and knowledge is at the forefront of perception and self-discovery. All people have potential, but all of humanity in afflicted by a certain degree of deafness, dumbness, and blindness, though painful knowledge can bring with it the unveiled truth. To know our world we must first look inside ourselves. To change your world or yourself, first you must change your mind, your perception of what you know. As we develop at a young age we begin to see our individual reality and as this happens we’re also developing the ability to capture and use language in relative perspective to our own culture. Through books we can discover ourselves and perceive the world in a different manner. Many students do not go to school with the right kind of spirit in their soul/heart. Knowledge is a right that everyone should take advantage of. But we must understand knowledge is power, and should be handled appropriately. Once we embrace who we are and the craving to be
Inside us all there is a deep dark fear this is what grabs us by the thresh hold of life. It controls the most important aspects of our lives. This is found within the deepest and darkest chasms of our souls. The very creature that wreaks havoc in our minds we cage and never confront we lock this beast away to afraid to overcome it. If the beast is not confronted it begins to contort and change who we are as a person and how we interact with others. Even the very decisions we make as a person to affect those around us and are loved ones to also suffer the consequences of our actions. Such as the crucible and how each person was warped into their own monster by greed.
Pride is a sin we so often see as the proverbial speck in our peer’s eyes while allowing it to become the log in our own. In his chapter on pride, Os Guinness surfaced areas in where I struggle with this vice in my own life. I found quotes from C.S. Lewis, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, and James Taylor’s 8th and 13th Acts of Humility to be particularly eye opening.
We live our lives based upon discoveries that others have made before us. The words of our elders influence the decisions we make. In 1597 Sir Frances Bacon claimed that knowledge is power and his words are understood by generations upon generations after. The more a person knows, the more aware they are of the world around them. It is rare that someone would not want to bear knowledge and wisdom. After reading Oedipus Rex’s first play, one can see why a person would be content not knowing the whole truth. Until now, it always believed the more a person knows, the more satisfying of a life that person will pursue. The unfortunate events of Oedipus’ life makes the reader look at the concept of knowledge from a whole
...t find anything new. This description points out the hindrances on humans’ acquisition of knowledge because of our finite biological capacities.
By practicing with different methods, Miss McCormick was able to engage a broader dimension of her experience. She actively participated in various processes that involved looking at her whole person, including her body and its chemical components, not just her mind. In par-taking of all the techniques, she was able to experience them for herself rather than just read about them. Similar to learning how to ride a bike, if you only read an instruction manual, have you really learned how to ride? There comes a time comes when you have to physically get on a bike and experience the learning for yourself. Miss McCormick (2009) writes, “I had to person-ally struggle with how all the views of integration could or could not help me in my relation-ship
Not only beauty but also happiness lies in the eye of the beholder. I, for example, can attain happiness in my field of work, my friend in religion, and maybe you in raising your family. C. S. Lewis also looks at the significance of happiness in his essay “We Have No ‘Right to Happiness.’” In a hypothetical conversation between himself and a woman, Lewis examines the claim that human beings have a right to sexual happiness following his own example of Mr A and Mr B who each divorced their spouses to marry one another. He concludes that there is no right to happiness and that all people like Mr A act indecently, whereby decency is a necessary condition of being happy. Lewis, however, seems to ignore that happiness
...ala." This dictated a need for the understanding of human nature, not that of the divine.
Beyond the shield of civilization and into the depths of a primitive, untamed frontier lies the true face of the human soul. It is in the midst of this savagery and unrelenting danger that mankind confronts the brooding nature of his inner self.
People in America today seem to be only concerned with them. They are always looking out for number one. That is a saying that has been taught to us for years. Along with another popular precept: you can't please everyone all of the time. These are just a couple of examples of how Americans are taught to be selfish. Sure, mom and dad always teach generosity to their young children, but in this society, those lessons diminish with age. We learn that life isn't always fair and people don't always have to share if they don't want to. In this so-called free country, the rich get everything and the poor get nothing. This type of environment has caused a rat race among the people. He who has the most wins. In America it is for the most money, but there are many other people in the world who might disagree. What would they want the most of? you ask. Well, that depends on whom you ask.